Overview
Caledonia County NRCD seeks a full-time Conservation Specialist to be based out of our office in St. Johnsbury, Vermont who is positive, detail-oriented, organized, creative, and flexible. The Conservation Specialist will lead and scale up our natural resource restoration programs, which cover a diverse range of project types including floodplain/stream restoration, wetland restoration, lake shoreland restoration, riparian buffer plantings, culvert replacements, and dam removals. Job duties will also include activities such as planning and hosting public events; attending town selectboard, conservation commission, and/or planning commission meetings; attending/tabling at community meetings and events; and conducting targeted landowner outreach. For the right candidate, the expectation is that eventually this position will manage many of the natural resource projects undertaken by CCNRCD from start to finish, with support and input from the District Manager. This position is grant-funded and is under the general supervision of the CCNRCD District Manager and includes a seasonal mix of computer-based and field work. Computer work may include long periods sitting, typing, and reading from a computer screen. This position will have an assigned hotel-style desk, phone, and laptop computer at the USDA Service Center in St. Johnsbury. Teleworking will be required.
Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will have experience in environmental science, natural resource management, or a related field and at least three years of work experience. The ideal candidate will have technical knowledge and/or work experience in natural resource assessments, planning, and field work; landowner outreach; and project scoping, development, and implementation. Preferred candidates will have demonstrated success managing complex natural resource projects.
About Caledonia County Natural Resources Conservation District
CCNRCD is an independent, non-regulatory municipal sub-division of state government, governed by a Board of Supervisors. The mission of the Caledonia County NRCD is to create local solutions for natural resources concerns; to improve the management of natural resources through education, technical assistance and support of local farmers and landowners; to focus and coordinate available technical, financial and educational resources to meet the needs of the local land user for conservation of soil, water and other natural resources.
